At"tra*hent (?), a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.]
Attracting; drawing; attractive.
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At"tra*hent, n.
1.
That which attracts, as a magnet.
The motion of the steel to its attrahent.
Glanvill.
2. Med.
A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
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